2011 Premier League Darts

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2011 888.com Premier League Darts
Winner
Scotland Gary Anderson
Runner-up
England Adrian Lewis
Score
10–4
Date
10 February–19 May 2011
Edition
7th
Number of players
8
Venues
15
Premier League Darts
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The 2011 888.com Premier League Darts[1] was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation; the seventh edition of the tournament.

The tournament began at The O2 Arena in London on 10 February and finished at the Wembley Arena on 19 May.

The format was a double round robin tournament with the top four finishers moving on to the play-offs. Each league match was played over 14 legs. If a player won his eighth leg before the 14th leg, no further legs were played after this point. Two points were awarded for a win and one point awarded for a draw.

Gary Anderson won his first major title, defeating world champion Adrian Lewis 10–4 in the final. He is the first player to win the title on his debut appearance (except from the inaugural tournament) and this was the first final to feature neither of the top 2 players from the group stage.

This edition of the Premier League contained the most non-English players ever to compete in the same edition of the tournament at four (Raymond van Barneveld, Gary Anderson, Simon Whitlock and Mark Webster).

Mark Webster recorded the worst ever run of matches from weeks 7–11, winning just 6 legs in 5 matches, in a run that culminated in his failure to win any of his last 10 matches and finish with just 5 points and −49 leg difference, the worst ever record from a Premier League season. This stood until Glen Durrant was eliminated with nine consecutive losses and 0 points in the 2021 edition of the tournament.

Qualification[edit]

The PDC's top four players following the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship on 4 January qualified by right to compete in Premier League Darts, and were joined by four wild card selections. Two were chosen by the PDC and two wild card qualifiers by broadcasters Sky Sports. The line-up was confirmed on 4 January 2011.[2]

Player Appearance in
Premier League 		Consecutive
Streak 		Previous best performance Order of Merit
Ranking
England Phil Taylor 7th 7 Winner (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010) 1
England Adrian Lewis 4th 2 Semi-finals (2008) 2
England James Wade 4th 4 Winner (2009) 3
Scotland Gary Anderson 1st 1 Debut 4
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld WC 6th 6 Semi-finals (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) 5
England Terry Jenkins WC 5th 5 Runner-up (2007) 6
Australia Simon Whitlock WC 2nd 2 Semi-finals (2010) 7
Wales Mark Webster WC 1st 1 Debut 13

WC = Wild Card

Venues[edit]

Fifteen venues were used for the 2011 Premier League, with the only change being The O2 Arena giving London a second venue, replacing Coventry.

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Locations of the 2011 Premier League venues in the United Kingdom.
England London England Nottingham Northern Ireland Belfast England Exeter England Manchester
The O2
10 February 		Capital FM Arena
17 February 		Odyssey Arena
24 February 		Westpoint Arena
3 March 		MEN Arena
10 March
Scotland Glasgow England Brighton Wales Cardiff Scotland Aberdeen England Sheffield
SECC
17 March 		Brighton Centre
24 March 		Cardiff International Arena
31 March 		AECC
7 April 		Motorpoint Arena
14 April
England Birmingham England Liverpool England Bournemouth England Newcastle upon Tyne England London
National Indoor Arena
21 April 		Echo Arena
28 April 		Bournemouth International Centre
5 May 		Metro Radio Arena
12 May 		Wembley Arena
19 May

Prize money[edit]

The prize fund remained at £410,000 for the 2011 tournament.

Stage Prize Money
Winner £125,000
Runner-up £65,000
3rd place £50,000
4th place £40,000
5th place £32,500
6th place £30,000
7th place £27,500
8th place £25,000
High Checkout (per night) £1,000
Total £410,000

Results[edit]

League stage[edit]

On 4 January 2011, the PDC announced via their official website that Phil Taylor would play against Adrian Lewis on the opening event of the League on 10 February.[3] Lewis subsequently defeated Taylor 8–2 on the opening night. Coincidentally, this turned out to be Taylor's only loss of the league phase, as he went on to win 13 consecutive games. On 12 January the PDC's website released the fixtures.[4]

Play-offs – 19 May[edit]

England Wembley Arena, London

Score
[19]
Semi-finals (best of 15 legs)
Phil Taylor England
99.58		 3 – 8 England Adrian Lewis
104.63
Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands
96.18		 6 – 8 Scotland Gary Anderson
98.49
3rd place play-off (best of 15 legs)
Phil Taylor England
91.77		 8 – 6 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
91.70
Final (best of 19 legs)
Adrian Lewis England
85.75		 4 – 10 Scotland Gary Anderson
94.67
High Checkout: Raymond van Barneveld 137

Table and Streaks[edit]

Table[edit]

Final table statistics:[20]

Pos Name Pld W D L Pts LF LA +/- LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s A HC
1 England Phil Taylor 14 13 0 1 26 106 49 +57 41 207 109 55 102.67 157
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 14 8 2 4 18 95 77 +18 31 243 139 33 93.47 161
3 Scotland Gary Anderson W 14 8 1 5 17 92 76 +16 30 197 111 68 97.40 136
4 England Adrian Lewis RU 14 6 2 6 14 85 78 +7 28 205 121 40 95.62 170
5 England James Wade 14 6 1 7 13 79 88 −9 29 248 98 39 93.47 170
6 Australia Simon Whitlock 14 5 1 8 11 81 87 −6 31 180 138 56 96.78 170
7 England Terry Jenkins 14 3 2 9 8 66 100 −34 22 230 106 40 92.61 120
8 Wales Mark Webster 14 2 1 11 5 51 100 −49 18 188 82 30 91.75 170

Top four qualified for the Play-offs after Week 14.
NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.

Streaks[edit]

Player Week Play-offs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 SF F
England Phil Taylor L W W W W W W W W W W W W W L —
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld L W W L W W W L L W D D W W L
Scotland Gary Anderson W W W W L L L W W W W L L D W W
England Adrian Lewis W L L L W W D W L L L W W D W L
England James Wade L W L L L W L L W W W D L W —
Australia Simon Whitlock L L W W L L W W W L L L D L
England Terry Jenkins W L L L W L D L L L D W L L
Wales Mark Webster W L L W L L L L L L L L D L

NB: W = Won D = Drawn L = Lost N/A = Did not play

Player statistics[edit]

The following statistics are for the league stage only. Playoffs are not included.

Phil Taylor[edit]

  • Longest unbeaten run: 13
  • Most consecutive wins: 13
  • Most consecutive draws: 0
  • Most consecutive losses: 1
  • Longest without a win: 1
  • Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. James Wade and v. Mark Webster)
  • Biggest defeat: 2–8 (v. Adrian Lewis)

Raymond van Barneveld[edit]

  • Longest unbeaten run: 5
  • Most consecutive wins: 3
  • Most consecutive draws: 2
  • Most consecutive losses: 2
  • Longest without a win: 2
  • Biggest victory: 8–2 (v. James Wade)
  • Biggest defeat: 3–8 (v. Phil Taylor (twice))

Gary Anderson[edit]

  • Longest unbeaten run: 4
  • Most consecutive wins: 4
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 3
  • Longest without a win: 3
  • Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Mark Webster (twice))
  • Biggest defeat: 3–8 (v. Adrian Lewis and v. Phil Taylor)

Adrian Lewis[edit]

  • Longest unbeaten run: 4
  • Most consecutive wins: 2
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 3
  • Longest without a win: 3
  • Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Mark Webster)
  • Biggest defeat: 2–8 (v. Mark Webster)

James Wade[edit]

  • Longest unbeaten run: 4
  • Most consecutive wins: 3
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 3
  • Longest without a win: 3
  • Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Mark Webster)
  • Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Simon Whitlock[edit]

  • Longest unbeaten run: 3
  • Most consecutive wins: 3
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 3
  • Longest without a win: 5
  • Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Terry Jenkins)
  • Biggest defeat: 2–8 (v. Adrian Lewis)

Terry Jenkins[edit]

  • Longest unbeaten run: 2
  • Most consecutive wins: 1
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 3
  • Longest without a win: 6
  • Biggest victory: 8–4 (v. Mark Webster (twice))
  • Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Simon Whitlock)

Mark Webster[edit]

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

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